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South Asian Unity: A Priority for India and Pakistan

December 4, 2008 at 2:32 am (Current Events, Media) Tags: Asif Zaradari, Barack Obama, Genocide, Gujarat Riots, India, Islamophobia, Kashmir, Larry King Live, Mumbai Attacks, Muslims, Pakistan, Palestine, Serbian Genocide, South Asia, Taliban, Terrorism, Timothy McVeigh, unity Like everyone, Muslims are saddened and horrified by the recent Mumbai attacks. However, unlike everyone else, Muslims find themselves defending their religion from stereotypes, misconceptions, and bi

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Natal Moon in the 7th House

December 3, 2008 in 7th House, Grand Cross/Grand Square, Moon, Mystic Rectangle, aspects and placements, astrology | Tags: 7th House, Jean Harlow, Moon My brother used to joke about our 7th House Moon mother and her habit of believing that everyone else was probably chilled, hungry, tired, and so on, right when she was; he used to say that at her funeral she’d sit up in her coffin, look around, and ask, in a way similar to so many times she’d asked us before, “Is everybody dead, or is it

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Life in an Ivy League Divinity Library

Lately I've been cramming for a paper I have due on Friday. I have been taking advantage of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School Library, and have spent many hours in there looking up books and articles relevant to my paper. In just the last couple of days, I've had a few experiences that I thought were worth noting...at least for the sake of keeping a diary of what's on my mind.F-Bomb. Though I've heard it before, and I'm sure I will hear it again, it is weird to be in a divinity librar

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Police Beat Roundtable #12

The Twelfth installment of our ongoing look at that most charming column of the Daily Universe. Previous installments can be read here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. On the 12th Day of Police Beat, BCC brought to me: Peter LLC as a guest. Steve: So, because we got so many complaints about PBR #11, we decided to invite aboard someone that nobody finds offensive: Peter LLC. Cynthia: excellent. Peter: Really? Not even, say Ray or Ardis? GST: I find his use of

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WHY IS THE EXISTENTIAL EMERGING CHURCH RUDELY SNUBBING THEIR CHRISTIAN BROTHER BENNY HINN?

The Emergent Church leaders like Doug Pagitt are truly quite excited about discovering God in “the Other” and his pal Rob Bell, the Elvis of Emerging, is preaching the need to become globalcentric because God is bigger than any of “our tribes.” My question is: If existential feeling is our criterion for accepting the subjective experiences of God working in the lives of others, then why be so quick to dismiss something like the below from their brother Benny Hinn? I mean we aren’t supposed to

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WHY IS THE EXISTENTIAL EMERGING CHURCH RUDELY SNUBBING THEIR CHRISTIAN BROTHER BENNY HINN?

Click the post title to be taken to the source. The Emergent Church leaders like Doug Pagitt are truly quite excited about discovering God in “the Other” and his pal Rob Bell, the Elvis of Emerging, is preaching the need to become globalcentric because God is bigger than any of “our tribes.” My question is: If existential feeling is our criterion for accepting the subjective experiences of God working in the lives of others, then why be so quick to dismiss something like the below from their

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Lahore’s oldest guide

Raza Rumi The interior of Data Darbar The grave of the saint Outside the shrine, The shrine at night Perhaps the greatest of the experiences at Data Darbar is to find oneself connected to a stream of humanity, shoulder to shoulder, with a shared sense of spirituality that cuts across ethnicity, sect, ritual and even religion at times. Despite the mayhem, the serenity of the place is soothing “To traverse distance

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Mysticism A Common Ground For Sufi Muslims And Christians?

Of the below video clip we’re told by an eyewitness of the event I believe named Naqshbandi Haqqani aka sufi92: Shaykh Hisham Kabbani and the Naqshbandi Ensemble visted the city of Montreal in Canada, where over 500 Naqshbandi students live. Most of the students in Montreal are converts, The Haqqani foundation of Montreal is very active promoting Islam through the zikr and whirling. At this interfaith event we visited the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Center in Montreal. What? And they didn’t invite

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Sixth Photo Meme - Wine Tasting Bar at Stonington Vinyard

I get tagged with various meme from time to time. This morning I saw Steve Garfield post about this and I thought it was a cool idea. The day ran away from me and I never got around to doing anything about it. Then moments ago Bob Goyetche took part in it and of course he felt the need to TAG me with it so now I feel obligated to take part and make my rum infused north of the border music loving brother happy. The meme works like this. (links below are for mine) Go to Flickr (or other p

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PI/QI: Theological Reflections (3)

(This post is the third in a series on theological reflection on Performance Improvement/Quality Improvement. This material was first published in “Performance Improvement: Theological Reflections”, Chaplaincy Today, Vol. 16, Number 1 (Summer, 2000), and has been reedited for this setting. For future posts in this series or in the series on measurement for chaplains, please select the label "PI/QI" in the left hand column.)Performance Improvement: Theological Reflections, Part 3Ascetical theolog

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Reply to Leo, continued.

By Judah Benjamin Copyright © 2008. All Rights Reserved. [TD NOTE:  Judah asked me to remove his last post,  "trying to get people to shut me up", which I agreed to do because it's his work not mine.  However, I would not have done so otherwise, as I happen to believe that reasoned dissent is the hallmark of functional democratic societies, and more importantly that Judah's reasoned dissent in this instance could only benefit Mr. Donofrio's preparations.  Nevertheless, the post has been "unpubli

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Being an Unforgivably Protracted Debunking of George Bernard Shaw’s Views of Islam

I mentioned in the passing, in an earlier post, that I had come across a bizarre interview between George Bernard Shaw and a Saudi mystic. Firstly, a correction: the mystic in question is not Saudi as I had initially thought, but was born in Meerut, India; he was a Sufi Sheikh by the name of His Eminence Maulana Mohammed Abdul Aleem Siddiqui and was born in 1892. Here he is, looking splendid, and there is Mr Shaw himself, also looking quite splendid. In fact, when the two met, His Eminence would

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4 million hits!

Jump to Comments The brain trust at the Capstone Report have labeled us demagogues. It feels really good. And they typed “impuissance.” Million dollar coach, million dollar band, million dollar word (used incorrectly) - Bama fans be rollin‘… out of the woodwork and into our comments! Hit after hit, comment after comment. You’d think we were giving away Sabanphetamine. All because I said Nick Saban was their coach. Nothing has ever generated more response. I mean, I told them we hated them, but

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Mystic 4 Seminar coming in January- check it out!

Last year a bunch of us went to the Mystic 3 in January and saw some really great speakers. This year proves to be an even more impressive line up with some really talented people! I HIGHLY recommend checking it out!Read more and sign up HEREThey feature a dinner (which is included in your price) on Sunday January 17 at the Steak Loft in Mystic the night before that all of the speakers attend- and I am sure some of us will go down earlier and coordinate some type of shooting event...! Then ALL d

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Blazing Cannons

Leonard Cohen in 2008Leonard Cohen - Glasgow 2008Leonard Cohen - London 2008 (11-14)Bob Dylan in 2008Bob Dylan - New York City 2008 (Source 1)Bob Dylan - New York City 2008 (Source 2)Bob Dylan - Montreal 2008Bob DylanTamworth, AustraliaTamworth Regional Entertainment Centre3/23/01Disc 11. Roving Gambler 2. Song To Woody 3. Desolation Row 4. Country Pie5. Lay, Lady, Lay6. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight7. Mama, You Been On My Mind 8. Girl Of The North Country9. Tangled Up In Blue 10. Standing In The Do

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Henri Nouwen: Who Will You Believe?

The late Roman Catholic monk and mystic Henri Nouwen has become quite the evangelical darling. In Southern Baptist Pastor Rick Warren and Saddleback Church Openly Recommend Contemplative Spirituality Kay Warren tells us Nouwen’s work is among that which “shaped” her life. Revered evangelical apologist Ravi Zacharias called Nouwen, “One of the greatest saints of recent memory”; but, as I asked before, do “great saints” really teach universalism as did Nouwen who wrote: Today I personally belie

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The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil

Circa 379 AD Note: this Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great is not celebrated always, but at appointed times, that is, on the Sundays of the Great 40-day Fast, excepton Palm Sunday, and on Holy Great Thursday and Great Saturday, on the eveof the Nativity of Christ and of Theophany, when these eves are not onSaturday or Sunday, on the Feasts of the Nativity of Christ and Theophany,when they fall on Sunday or Monday, and on the day of the Feast of St.Basil.     The arrangement and rules for

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Porterfest continues!

Porterfest continues! For those of you that have been enjoying Flat Earth’s series of infused porters, the fun continues in December. 12/4 - Hold Your Fire Porter - Spice & Ancho Pepper infused Porter 12/11 - Mystic Rhythms Porter - Raspberry infused Porter 12/18 - Freewill Porter - Vanilla infused Porter 12/23 - Snow Dog Porter - Peppermint infused Porter 12/31 - Big Money Porter - Wood aged Porter Growler sales are Thursdays 3:30 – 6:30 pm, with an exception the week of Christmas. You’

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KEVIN BACON DOESN’T WATCH FOOTLOOSE

ZAC EFRON is slated to star in a remake of FOOTLOOSE, the film that launched KEVIN BACON’S career. BACON himself has no time for nostalgia, so don’t expect him to sit down and watch FOOTLOOSE, THE AIR UP THERE or, even, MYSTIC RIVER. Sixty four films into his career, BACON explains why the past, to him, is the past. (CLICK ON THE MEDIA BAR BELOW)

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